225th Street & 104th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 225th Street and 104th Avenue is in Queens Village, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Hempstead Bench Spread is 40 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Hempstead Av/225 St, is 500 feet away for the Q2 and Q82, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places, two of them parks, and one place to eat.

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225th Street & 104th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Hempstead Av/225 St, 500 feet away, for the Q2 and Q82.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hempstead Av/225 St Q2, Q82
    500 feet
    Q2 Q82

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q2 …
  2. Q82 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on 104th Avenue.

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Island Parkway southbound at 225th Street & 103rd Avenue, 250 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 213-10 Jamaica Avenue Gas station
    1 mile
  2. 229-20 Hillside Avenue Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    1.9 miles
  3. 134-40 Springfield Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported seven crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11429
Community board
Queens Community Board 13
City Council district
27
Police precinct
105
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Queens Village
Elevation
72 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 2 signs on these blocks
  • 1 rule

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in March 2014, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 225th Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 1 playground

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hempstead Bench Spread Park
    40 feet
  2. Hempstead Ballfield Park
    210 feet
  3. Pat Williams Playground
    1,140 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.